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Poetry Shop 5: heidi andrea restrepo rhodes AMPERSAND ORGAN: a more-than-human lyric

August 13, 2026|Katie Kemple

In Ampersand Organ (Milkweed Editions), heidi andrea restrepo rhodes' voice feels like an intelligent universe speaking directly to the reader in an arc of animals, plants, minerals, textures, black matter...

Poetry Beach Reads: Rachel Turney

August 6, 2026|Katie Kemple

This week, on Poetry Beach Reads series we welcome poet Rachel Turney, author of Retired Wannabe Club Kid (Parlyaree Press). She runs the online series Poetry (in Brief). She's on...

Poetry Beach Reads: Sarah Brockhaus

July 30, 2026|Katie Kemple

This week, as part of our Poetry Beach Reads series, we welcome Sarah Brockhaus. Sarah is a poet from Nebraska, co-editor of The Shore Poetry, and a PhD student at the...

Poetry Beach Reads: John A. Nieves

July 23, 2026|Katie Kemple

We're continuing our summer beach read series with John A. Nieves, a Pushcart Prize winning poet, Professor at Salisbury College, and editor at the aptly named literary journal: The Shore...

New Summer Column: Poetry Book Beach Reads

July 16, 2026|Katie Kemple

We're launching a new summer series this week: Poetry Beach Reads! Why? Because The Poetry Shop is based in San Diego and we want to spot fellow poets at the...